Wilde / Lynch Owen / Rudkin Mcguigan / Tarleton Charnley / Buchanan Stracey / Kid Lewis Turpin / Downes Conteh / Mills Cooper / Fury Some easy, some less so. keep well.
I do like mills but conteh is over him imo. Wilde. Mcguigan Buchanan Kid Lewis Turpin Fury Rudkin challenged for a world title a number of times. Not sure who Owen is tbh' so based on that summary I'm going Rudkin.
I know there was a wee Welsh guy called Johnny Owen might be him?think he died tragically after a fight.
It has to be The Merthyr Matchstick, who fought at the same weight as Rudkin, heartbreaking story, has a statue in Merthyr, ran a fruit and veg store juggling that with his boxing.
don't know much about the wee fella as my boxing knowledge only goes from the late 2000's on.i seen a documentary about Owen and his tragic death and it was sad right enough..same story with benny lynch.
Oh ye of course. BW iirc. Wasn't he fighting some Mexican in a world title shot and he got put down a couple of times. He got a bleed on the brain. Tragic. Might of been sometime in the 60s. I have a recollection of him and the event, but that's all I really know about him. If that's who it is.
Think it was 1980, have a brilliant book about it somehwere i havent read for a few years called "the big if". Very sad
Yes, against Lupe Pintor. I really recommend the book “The Big If” about them both and the fight itself - really good read.
Didn’t see you’d said this before I posted, but yes really recommend that book it’s as you say, brilliant.